RE: RMAN question

Thanks again for the additional info.
The "plus archivelog" issue is something I have pending to check and
recheck. We have a install using HP Data Protector defaults "... backup
archive log all" for the nightly full backup, and "backup archivelog all
.. delete input" in another separate archivelogs-only backup. All of
this have to be checked.

best regards.

>No problem, and I wouldn't call the info you provided "bad", just>slightly incomplete maybe - nothing to apologize for. The assumption I>stated (that retention is set correctly) is a big one, and one that I>would never make. I always verify the retention on my Netbackup tape>backups with the bpclimagelist command - and I strongly recommend>everyone else do the same if you value the ablility to restore your>backups months or years down the road. And be sure to make sure that>the retention is set correctly on ALL required backup pieces - that>means the control file, data files and log files. I've seen some cases>were these are split out into different backup pieces with different>retentions and your hot data file backups aren't going to do much good>w/o the archive logs or vice-versa. This ties into another recent>discussion on the list where the general consensus was to run your hot>database backups with the "plus archivelog" clause. I also recommend>that anyone relying on control files only as their rman repository turn>on controlfile autobackups - and test your restores of these (w/o using>a catalog) so you are familiar with the process in advance.